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Resistor in series
Resistors are said to be connected in series, when they are daisy chained together in a single line. The current in a series circuit goes through every component in the circuit.…
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Resistor in parallel
Resistors are said to be connected together in parallel when both of their terminals are respectively connected to each terminal of the other resistor or resistors. In a parallel circuit,…
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Difference between carbon composition resistor and wire wound resistor
The difference between carbon composition resistor and wire wound resistor Carbon composition resistor Wire wound resistor Its power rating is from ¼ W to 2W. Its power rating is from…
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Construction of wire wound resistor
The construction of a wire wound resistor is shown in above figure. It uses a resistance wire, such as nichrome. The wire wound resistor is manufactured by winding a length…
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Construction of carbon composition resistors
The carbon composition resistor is a type of fixed resistor that reduces or restricts the electric current flow to a certain level. The basic construction of carbon composition resistor is…
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Application of carbon composition resistor
There are some important applications of carbon composition resistor are given below, The carbon composition resistor is used in DC power supplies. It is used in the power control circuits.…
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Application of resistor
There are some important applications of resistors are as given below: Resistors are used in high frequency instrument. Resistor is used in power control circuit. It is used in DC…
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Thermistor or Time dependent resistor (TDR)
The word thermistor is a contraction of the term thermal resistor. Thermistor is also known as temperature sensitive resistor or temperature dependent resistor (TDR). It is a type of resistor…
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Colour band table of resistor
Following table is commonly used for all colour band of resistor Sr. No Colour 1st Band 2nd Band 3rd Band Tolerance 1 Black 0 0 100 - 2 Brown 1…
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Resistors
Resistor is an electrical component, which has been manufactured with a specified amount of a resistance. A passive component which offers opposition to the flow of current is called as…